Manually operable cigarette rolling machine



Aug. 29, 1933. P. GAY 1,924,643

MANUALLY OPERABLE CIGARETTE ROLLING MACHINE Filed July 23, 1931 3mm Paul Gay.

Patented I Aug. 2 9, 1933 UNITED TATES P T NT ,orFicE 7 MANUAIiLY- OPERABIQE CIG RETTE ROLLING MACHINE" a wa Gay, Trion, Ga; I Application July 23. 1931 Serial No, 552,720

-, V 1 Claim. (01. 131-42) To attain the foregoing and other objects, the

nature of which will appear as the description proceeds, the inventioncomprehends the pro 1 visionof a cigarette rolling machine which shall embody a table provided with a recess, an apron overlying the table and terminally secured thereto at opposite sides of the recess, the apron hav .4 ing a portion'thereof positioned in the recess to provide aloop for the reception of the tobacco from which the cigarette is to be made and the apron being adapted to support beyond the loop the paper from which the wrapper of. the cigside of the recess and loop, and a carrier for the roller slidably mounted on the table to move the roller across and beyond the recess and loop so as to, close the open upper side of the loop 3 and thereafter actuate the apron to carry the loop out of the recess to place the tobacco in the paper, to roll the paper about the tobacco,

and. to discharge the rolled cigarette from the apron.

The invention is hereinafter more fully described andclaimed, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, wherein:- I

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a cigarette rolling machine constructed in accordance withmy invention. V

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the vertical plane indicated by the line 2--2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view taken" on the vertical plane indicated by the line 3-3 1 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the roller carrier of the cigarette rollingmachine. The cigarette roller comprises a base 1 which 7559: is of elongatedrectangular formation in plan and which is made from sheet metal. The base 1 is ofiset downwardly nearfone end thereof, as at 2, and this offset portion provides a substantially semi-cylindrical recess 3 which extends transversely of the base and which is closed at arette isto be made,a roller positioned between.

thetable and apron and normally located at one its ends andfully open at its upper side. The base 1 is provided at that end thereof nearer the recess 3 with an upstanding flange 4-which 'ex-' 3 tends transversely of the 1 base and which, is

formed integrally therewith. Bearing brackets 5 are formed integrallywith-and extend inwardly from the ends of the fiange'A. That end por tion of the base 1 "remote fromthe recess 3 is ofiset downwardly, and this offset portion 6 also extendstransversely of the base-and comprises 6 abottom member 6a and end members 62). The

end members 6b connect the: bottom memberfia to the base 1, and also constitute'bearing brackets.

The side or longitudinal edges of the base '1 are 7 turnedupwardly and inwardly to provide guide 7 grooves 7 which extend from one end of the base to the other end'thereofg V a A pin 8 is located above and extends transversely of that end of the base nearer the recess 3, and a pin 9 is located below and extends transversely 7 of that end of the base remote from the recess, the former being carried by the bearing brackets 5 and the latter by the bearing brackets 6b. An apron 10 which may be made from cloth, rubber, 7 leather or any other suitable material, overlies the base 1, and is provided at itsends with loops 11 through the medium' of which it is connected to the pins 8 and 9. The apron 10 lies in contact with the'base 1, and a portion thereof is located in the recess 3 to'prov'ide a loop 12 for the reception of the tobacco from which the cigaretteis to bemade; v r

"A roller 13 mounted upon acarrier 14 is posi-i tioned between and extends transversely of the base land apron 10. The carrier 14 cornprises9 slides 15- which are connected at their upper ends by a bar 16 and in the upper end portions of which the endsof the roller 13 are journaled. The;v

-slides'15 rest upon the base 1, and are provided at their lower ends with. outwardly directed flanges 1'7 which engage in the guide grooves 7 to connect the carrier 14 to the base for longitudinal sliding movement with relation thereto .andto the apron 10 which passes over the roller 13. j In practice, to adapt the machine for rolling a cigarette, the carrier 14'is moved on the base, 1 into a position between the recess 3 and the flange 4;. The roller 13 over which the apron 10 extends is now located to the leftof the recess 3 and above the'openupper side of the loop 12 formed by depressing a portion of the apron into the recess 3. v The tobacco from which the cigarette is to be made is placed in the apron loop 12, as indicated at 18, and the paper 19 from which the wrapper of the cigarette is'to be made" is placed iupon the, llO

is now to the right on the base 1. actuation of the carrier 14, the roller 13 moves apron 10 to the right of the loop. The carrier 14 During this with relation to the apron 10. During its movementracross the recess 3, the roller 13' closes the upper side of the tobacco carrying loop 12 of the apron 10. After it passes the recess 3, the roller 13 carries the closed tobacco carrying loop 12 out of the recess 3 and maintains the loop closed until it reaches the right hand end of the base 1. As different portions in the length of the apron-10 form' the loop 12 during the movement of the roller 13, the tobacco will be rolled within the paper 19 as the roller progresses, and when the roller reaches the limit of its movement the loop In view thereof, as the apron 10 may be readily engaged with, the. pins '8 and 9 and the pins readily engaged with the-bearingbrackets 5 and 6b, as the'roller 13 may be readily mounted upon the carrier 14,. and as the carrier may be readily engaged in its guide groove 7, the machine may,

be readily manufactured and assembled at low cost. The base 1 may be held in one hand and the carrier 14 actuated with the other during the rolling of a cigarette. If desired the base may.

and 6, to

be placed on a table or any other support during the rolling of a cigarette, and when this is done the offset portions 2 and 6 of the base will support the base from the table or the like so as to permit it to'be conveniently gripped and held while actuating the carrier 14. I

While I have described the principle of the invention, together withthe structure which I now consider the preferred embodimentthereof, it is to be understood that the structure shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made, when desired, as fall within'the scope of the invention as claimed.

- What is claimed is:

A cigarette rollingmachine comprising a plate, a pocket formed transversely of the length of the plate and intermediate the ends thereof, the

members formed with the sides of the plate, a U-' shaped carriage having outturned end portions slidable in said guide members, a roller journ'aled in the parallel legs of the carriage, an apron overlying the plate and pocket and engaging over the roller, and means for securing the ends of the, apron against movement; .l I

- I V ,PAUL GAY. 

